Fear of Self-Protection - Nehemiah 6 Temptation to Quit Pastor Mark Krieger
October 8, 2017
Digging Deeper
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__________________ – “Come let us meet together…” 6:2
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_____________ – “… by night they are coming to kill you.” 6:10
Nehemiah 5-6
“But I said, ‘Should a man like me run away? Or should someone like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go!’” 6:11
Sometimes in the Christian life we think we’ve arrived! Things are great. God’s grace is firmly planted in our lives and we are experiencing the fullness of God’s presence. But very soon crushing fears and anxieties come creeping in. What’s wrong? We’ve got to dig deeper – deeper into God’s grace.
“So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.” 6:15 In chapters 5-6 we don’t see Nehemiah getting braver. We see Nehemiah digging deeper. Deeper into God. Deeper into God’s grace. Deeper into the fullness of what is ours in Jesus.
Fear of Self-Promotion - Nehemiah 5:14-19 “I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah…” 5:14
Generations Connection discusses the message topic Sundays at 10:00 AM in Fireside. Message notes are also available as a YouVersion Bible App “Event” and on YouTube.
Temptations of Success “But the earlier governors—those preceding me—placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels of silver from them in addition to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people.” 5:15a
How to resist temptations of success:
CORE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES
50/50 Prayer--Reach Out • Together we mourn the horrific tragedy in Las Vegas where at least 58 people were killed and another 500+ injured. Remember the victims and their families. Pray for an end to these all-too-frequent mass shootings in America. • Ask God to help you love your neighbor. Ask him for more boldness!
Deepen my _______________________ for God “But out of reverence for God I did not act like that.” 5:15b
50/50 Prayer--Reach In • Pray, “God, give me wisdom. Help me to face my trials with joyful perseverance. Mature me through the trials that I face.”
As a result, Nehemiah was able to:
Bible Reading--“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly...” Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20; Psalm 19; Philippians 3:4b-14; Matthew 21:33-46
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Love _____________– “I never demanded the food allotted to the
work on the wall…” 5:16 governor, because the demands were heavy on these people.” 5:18
Key Verse for 2017: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” Mark 10:14
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